The art director who draws the desk: Lorenzo de Grandis in the executive suite

When i4Mariani wants to show the world a new executive office, the pictures, the catalogue, the trade-fair stand and even the website come from one studio in Italy's Brianza district. Lorenzo de Grandis has run it since 2012, and he is unusual in that he also designs the furniture he later photographs. His studio works across pictures, rooms, objects and print; in practice that means interiors, scenography, product design and creative direction for Italian makers such as Rubelli Casa, Giellesse and Wall&decò. In 2024 he drew Milano for i4Mariani, a writing desk meant for a hotel suite or a home office, held up by two metal blades fitted into the top like a sculpture, in Dark Bronze or Light Gold Sunlight. A companion console uses the same blades as a bridge.

For American corner offices La Mercanti sources both Milano and the curved, leather-clad Nami, the desk he designed for i4Mariani in 2022, and ships them from Italy as one composition.